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Longhorns drafted in the NFL: Jacksonville Jaguars
Posted April 24th, 2016
Editor’s note: Leading up to the 2016 Draft, we took a look at each NFL team’s Longhorn draft history.
Over the next week leading up to the 2016 NFL Draft, we’re taking a look at the best Texas Longhorns players drafted by each team.
Jacksonville Jaguars (1995-present)
The Jaguars have drafted just one Longhorn since they’ve been an NFL franchise, and that player is Tony Brackens.
Brackens was a first team All-American in 1995 and finished with 24 sacks, at the time eighth best in program history. Brackens was taken by second-year team Jacksonville Jaguars in the second round of the 1996 draft, 33rd overall. Brackens played his entire career with the Jaguars and is the club’s all-time leading tackler for a defensive lineman. He made the Pro Bowl in 1999.
He made several big hits:
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And he even once hurt his coach, as you can see in this photo:
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